Traveston railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox station
|name = Traveston
|type =
|style = TransLink (Queensland)
|image = Traveston Railway Station, Queensland, July 2012.JPG
|image_caption = Southbound view from the station platform, July 2012
|address = Howe Road, Traveston
|country = Australia
|coordinates = {{coord|-26.3198|152.7830|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
|distance = 150.34 kilometres from Central
|line = North Coast
|other =
|structure = Ground
|platform = 1
|depth =
|levels =
|tracks = 2
|parking =
|bicycle =
|opened =
|closed =
|rebuilt = 2011
|electrified = Yes
|accessible =
|code = {{url|translink.com.au/stop/600499|600499}}
|owned = Queensland Rail
|operator = Queensland Rail
|zone = go card 8
|status = Unstaffed
|former =
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{{Adjacent stations|system=Queensland Rail|line=Sunshine Coast|note-mid=Gympie North service|left=Cooran|right=Gympie North|to-right=Gympie North}}
|map_locator =
|web = [https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Customers/Stations%20and%20Maps/Pages/AllStations.aspx?StationName=Traveston#/StationDetail#StationDetail Queensland Rail]}}
Traveston railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Traveston.
History
Traveston station consists of one short platform that can only accommodate one carriage, requiring passengers to alight via the front door of services. A timber waiting room shelter is located behind the platform at ground level. Opposite the platform lies a crossing loop.
In 2010, the station was threatened with closure after the waiting room was deemed unsafe.[http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/qr-sounds-death-knell-on-traveston-rail-stop/494962/ Traveston rail stop on death row] Gympie Times 25 March 2010 However, in 2011 it was decided to restore the shelter, despite it being the least used station in on the Queensland Rail Citytrain network with an average of four passengers per week.[http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/historic-station-saved-queensland-rail-traveston/1184377/ Historic station saved] Gympie Times 24 November 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/traveston-station-averages-four-passenger-movements-a-week-but-cost-128000-last-year-to-maintain00-a-year-to-maintain/story-e6freoof-1226367370025|title=Traveston Station averages four passenger movements a week but cost $128,000 last year to maintain|work=The Courier-Mail}}
Services
Traveston is serviced by two daily Citytrain network services in each direction.{{Queensland Timetables|Sunshine}}
1925 derailment disaster
On 9 June 1925, the Rockhampton Mail derailed near Traveston on a high timber trestle bridge.The Traveston Smash Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin December 1969 pp282-286 Ten people were killed and 48 injured when a passenger car and the luggage van plunged off the bridge, and another passenger car was pulled on its side. It resulted in baggage cars being specially built for passenger trains and ended the use of certain types of goods vehicles on passenger trains.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030411221812/http://www.sunsteam.org.au/Chapter6-3.htm Chapter 3: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Bundaberg] SunSteam
Services by platform
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!Line !Destinations !Notes |
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|1
|style=background:#008851|Sunshine Coast |Brisbane Roma Street & Gympie North |[{{Translink stop|600499/timetable}} Traveston Platform 1] TransLink |
References
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External links
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- {{commons category-inline|Traveston railway accident}}
- [https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Customers/Stations%20and%20Maps/Pages/AllStations.aspx?StationName=Traveston#/StationDetail#StationDetail Traveston station] Queensland Rail
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202144259/http://qroti.com/placeinfo/qld/rail/traveston/ Traveston station] Queensland's Railways on the Internet
{{Queensland Rail railway stations|Sunshine Coast=y|state=collapsed}}
Category:North Coast railway line, Queensland